PBA: Agree??? I have and would say nothing of the sort. How on earth could i make a claim about something of which i have zero knowledge, and to the best of my knowledge no studies have been made to show. (there has been some discussion that girls getting married right after seminary isn’t great for future shalom bayis, but if you’ve noticed i haven’t broached that issue because i am not aware of any concrete data that links divorce rates in our community to age of the spouse at the time of marriage. Certainly such a study would be helpful and PBA by all means go for it!
As for my hunch (for whatever it is or isn’t worth)… I think enabling boys to get married at the time when they – along with their parents and rebbeim – think they are ready to do so is probably a good thing. If this means boys getting married perhaps 6 months earliet then they otherwise would have, i (for whatever my opinion counts) don’t think it’s a reason for alarm.
If i was asked is it a good idea to pressure boys to get married aat 18/19 or at any age when they or the people who know them best think it’s not right for them, that is probably a bad idea….
is there something we disagree on?